Bracket and card-holder



(No Model.)

P. J. MOARDLE & J. B. FURAY. BRACKET AND CARD HOLDER.

No. 518,326. Patented Apr. 1'7,1894.-

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ATTORNEY,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. MOARDLE AND JOHN B. FURAY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

BRACKET AND CARD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,326, datedA'piil17, 1894. Application filed April 17,1893. Serial No. 470,785. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK J. MCARDLE andJOHNB. FURAY,Of Omaha,in thecounty of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain usefulImprovements in Brackets and Card-Holders; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification Thisinvention has relation to a new and novel rack for supportingadvertising cards in street cars, the object being to provide a simpledevice that can be readily adjusted within the car, and within which thecards can be readily inserted or removed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 2 shows a broken section of acarprovided with our improvement as attached. Fig. 1 is a perspectiveviewof one of the main supporting brackets. holders; while Fig. 4 showsa transverse sectional view of the holder showing the card as inserted.

A represents an ordinary metallic rib or strip, which is providedat itsupper end with an opening a adapted to engage a screw or nail e andbelow the same with an enlarged opening I), while the lower edge of thisrib is recurved to form the lip c, 'as' shown. A suitable distance fromthis recurved lip we have stamped out a portion B, which is preferablyprovided withthe enlarged end 0 having a central nail opening and actsas a.

bracket, by means of which this rib is secured at its lower end. Thisbracket portion B is slightly curved outward, as shown in Fig. 2, sothat when the rib Ais secured to the deck of the car, the lower portioncan be forced outward, aswill be understood by referring to Fig. 1. Thisbracket portion B is integral with the rib proper, or maybe anindependent piece riveted to the strip.

D represents an ordinary curved flexible metallic sheet of any suitablelength, the upper and lower edges of which are recurved to form the lipsE, adapted to nicely contain an advertising card H, which is held withinplates D which are of any suitable length.

Fig. 3 shows one of the card In arranging the ribs A the upper portion ais secured by means of a brad or screw 6, and the lower portion securedby means of the outwardly and upwardly extending bracket B, which issecured by means of a screw or nail passing through the end 0. This isquite necessary as nearly all cars are provided with a strip of moldingF, as shown in Fig. 1, and beyond which the advertising sheets, as nowusually employed in street cars, are secured. The strips Aare secured tothe roof rafter of the car, and the lower portion is permitted to extendoutward and in front of the molding, thus bridging the angle formed bythe j unction of the car roof with the side, so as in no 'way to injureor mar the appearance of the car.

The card holder proper D is of any suitable length and is insertedwithin the racks or ribs A by inserting them within the lower lips c andthen securing the upper portion thereof by means of a screw or nail e,which is adapted to pass into the roof rafter properly and passingthrough the opening 1) within the metallic supporting ribs A. These cardholding sections D are of any suitable metal and are preferably flexibleor slightly curved, as shown in Fig. 3. Now to insert a card it issimply necessary to place one of the edges into the recurved lip portionE and then permit the other portion to enter into the remaining lip,when the card will be neatly and snugly supported.

The device is noticeable because of its simplicity, and

Having thusdescribed our said invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is

1. In a card holder, the combination with a main supporting rib havingthe lower recurved portion 0, the outwardly extending hanger portion Bintegral with said rib A proper and provided with an opening, and a cardholder having upper and lower recurved lips adapted to rest within thelower edges within one or more of said brackets and secured at the upperends by means of a suitable screw, all substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.,

2. In a card holder, the combination with a rib A, having the openings0, and b, the recurved lip c, and the outwardly curved bracket Intestimony whereof we affix our signatures B integral with said rib A, incombination in presence of two witnesses.

with the holder D provided with the recnrved FRANK J. MGARDLE. lips E,E, adapted to be held Within said JOHN B. FURAY.

5 brackets A, in combination with suitable dis- Witnesses: i

play cards, all substantially as and for the E. G. BURBANK,

purpose set forth. JOHN H. GROSSMANN.

